It's a decision expecting parents dither about for months before their bundle of joy arrives - what to name him or her.

Now we can reveal the most popular choices for parents in Northern Ireland in 2015.

For the girls, Emily has topped the charts for the fourth year and for the first time James is the most popular name for boys.

When it comes to unusual names, Game of Thrones has certainly influenced parents as babies have been named Tyrion and Arya - after the characters we can only assume.

Disney movie Frozen has also influenced parents with babies being named Olaf and Elsa.

The figures come from the Baby Names 2015 statistics published by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.

Emily has been the most popular girls' name in each of the past three years, albeit jointly with Grace in 2013.

However, this is the first time James has held the top spot, even though James has been in the top five, since records began in 1997.

Jack - which held the top spot for 12 consecutive years between 2003 and 2014 - comes a close second to James in popularity with Noah in third place.

Jackson climbed the greatest number of places to join the top 100 names for boys, rising from rank 145 in 2014 to rank 75 in 2015. Jake and Matthew were new entries into the boy’s top 10, replacing Ethan and Jacob.

While the popularity of boys’ names has varied over the years, James, Jack, Daniel and Matthew have all stood the test of time featuring in both the 2015 top 10 and the top 10 a decade previously.

Cruz, Jon, Olaf, Theon and Tyrion on the otherhand were some of the less common names given to baby boys in 2015.

When it came to the girls, Ella followed a close second to Emily, narrowly overtaking Grace, which had been ranked second highest in 2014.

Rosa climbed the greatest number of places to join the top 100 names for girls, moving from rank 147 in 2014 to rank 53 in 2015.

Aoife and Ava also rose in popularity to join the girl’s top 10, replacing Eva and Sophia.

Sophie and Anna have stood the test of time featuring in both the 2015 top 10 and the top 10 a decade previously.

Some of the less common names given to baby girls in 2015 were Arya, Elsa, Rita and Suri.